[design]
i want to make software that looks and feels like helpful reliable objects of daily lives do. like a toothbrush, like a knife, like a chair. predictable, familiar, trustworthy. something that you own and have full control over, and can do anything you want with.
i want to make software for hanging out, for learning stuff, for finding people to hang... See more
i want to make software for hanging out, for learning stuff, for finding people to hang... See more
Eugene Kudashev • i want to make software that feels like magic
Early design needs freedom. Later design needs reality.
X. It’s what’s happening
reduce until it’s clear and refine until it’s right
Interface Craft: a working library for those committed to designing with uncommon care.
“The logic of algorithms tends to repeat what “works,” but art opens up what is possible. Not everything has to be immediate or predictable. Defend slowness when it serves a purpose, silence when it speaks and difference when evocative. Beauty is not just a means of escape; it is, above all, an invocation. When cinema is authentic, it does not
Maybe if you spin it in the right kind of way with the right kind of confidence and a baseline level of taste anything can be cool?
